Putnam Cemetery, Putnam County, Illinois
A-B C-D E-F G-H I-K L-M N-P Q-R S-T U-Z
Transcribed and Donated by Dena Whitesell
The Senachwine Pioneer Days Souvenir Book reports that the cemetery was started in 1861 when Peter and Ann Barnhart sold an acre of land to Senachwine Township to be used for a burial ground. There are several markers with death dates of 1840 within this cemetery. It's possible to cemetery was started then but became an official cemetery in 1861. This is an active cemetery, owned by Senachwine Township. The original part of the cemetery (section G) is on the east/south side of the entrance and the most recent burial plots on the west side (sections A-G as well as in section F. The cemetery was surveyed first on the west section (A-G) from north to south, west to east (towards the entrance). The east section (F, G) was surveyed from north to south, east to west. Section G is the oldest part of the cemetery where there are many missing markers. Some people never had markers. Lot owners/lot numbers can be found from a previous survey completed by the Bureau County Genealogical Society in the fall of 1998.
| Last Name | First Name | Middle Name | Maiden Name | Birth | Death | Age Years |
Months |
Days |
Plot | Inscription | Note |
| Quinn | Minnie | E | 1879 | 1948 | section C, row 4 | w/o Francis C | |||||
| Quinn | Francis | C | 1876 | 1939 | section C, row 4 | w/o Minnie E | |||||
| Rambo | DeEtta | M | 1904 | 2003 | section B, row 22 | w/o William E., Sr. | |||||
| Rambo | William | E., Sr. | 1897 | 1979 | section B, row 22 | ||||||
| Ransom | Alice | R | 1917 | 1997 | section A, row 17 | Mother" | |||||
| Ransom | Benjamin | E | Oct 29, 1912 | Jul 13, 1964 | section A, row 17 | Father; Illinois PVT US Army World War II | Veterans marker | ||||
| Ransom | Alice | Ball | 1899 | 1973 | section D, row 15 | ||||||
| Ranson | Olive | M | 1895 | 1978 | Information taken from 1998 survey* | ||||||
| Read | Orland | Murphy | Apr 7, 1907 | Sep 6, 1985 | section A, row 4 | ||||||
| Read | Clara | D | 1901 | 1994 | section A, row 12 | Mother" | w/o John | ||||
| Read | John | P | 1890 | 1971 | section A, row 12 | Father" | h/o Clara | ||||
| Read | Mary | L | Downey | 1893 | 1988 | section A, row 12 | Mother" | ||||
| Read | April | F | 1893 | 1958 | section A, row 12 | Father" | |||||
| Read | Francis | W | Oct 24, 1924 | section A, row 12 | |||||||
| Read | Bernice | Nov 22, 1925 | section A, row 12 | ||||||||
| Read | Lee | Ray | Sep 3, 1914 | section A, row 12 | Married June 19, 1943" | Shares marker with husband, Chauncey B. | |||||
| Read | Chauncey | Nov 3, 1918 | May 24, 2005 | section A, row 12 | Married June 19, 1943; Parents of James, Jeanne & Gayla" | ||||||
| Read | Lawrence | A | 1926 | 1947 | section A, row 12 | Son" | |||||
| Read | Phyllis | 1921 | section A, row 14 | Married to R. Hathaway 1945 - 1972" | |||||||
| Read | Beryl | Bacon | 1888 | 1984 | section A, row 14 | ||||||
| Read | Charles | O | 1888 | 1972 | section A, row 14 | ||||||
| Read | Beverly | Dec 2, 1952 | Dec 3, 1952 | section A, row 14 | |||||||
| Read | Margery | Mar 29, 1924 | section A, row 14 | ||||||||
| Read | Charles | W | DEc 29, 1916 | May 20, 1991 | section A, row 14 | 20th Air Force" | |||||
| Read | Reba | L | Jul 7, 1926 | no date | section D, row 4 | Married April 4, 1948" | w/o Edgar K | ||||
| Read | Edgar | K | Aug 9, 1922 | no date | section D, row 4 | Married April 4, 1948" | h/o Reba L | ||||
| Read | Annie | C | 1855 | 1929 | section D, row 13 | ||||||
| Read | Charles | W | 1827 | 1906 | section D, row 13 | ||||||
| Read | INFANTS | no dates | section D, row 13 | ||||||||
| Read | Malinda | 1840 | 1860 | section G, row 5 | not original marker | ||||||
| Read | Oscar | 1829 | 1848 | section G, row 5 | not original marker | ||||||
| Read | Philip | 1800 | 1843 | section G, row 5 | not original marker | ||||||
| Read | Tryphena | 1807 | 1889 | section G, row 5 | shares marker with husband, Philip. Replacement marker | ||||||
| Read | Roselia | 1833 | 1915 | section G, row 5 | |||||||
| Rebholz | David | Edward | Nov 12, 1963 | Nov 13, 1963 | section B, row 12 | ||||||
| Reno | Michael | A | Nov 29, 1918 | Mar 25, 2002 | section D, row 20 | Husband - Pa" | h/o Betty, known as Mickey | ||||
| Reno | Betty | P | Jul 27, 1923 | Jan 14, 1998 | section D, row 20 | Wife - Ma" | w/o Michael A. Reno | ||||
| Rinehart | INFANT | 1901 | section D, row 12 | infant dau of E. & S. Rinehart" | only one date on marker | ||||||
| Rinehart | H | E | section D, row 12 | no dates on marker, modern Woodmen of American symbol on marker | |||||||
| Rinehart | Dale | H | Sep 15, 1902 | Oct 22, 1944 | section D, row 12 | ||||||
| Rinehart | Elijah | 1849 | 1921 | section D, row 12 | h/o Sarah Dunn, letting starting to fade | ||||||
| Rinehart | Sarah | Dunn | 1856 | 1941 | section D, row 12 | His Wife" | w/o Elijah Rinehart, letting starting to fade | ||||
| Rinehart | Sarah | Dec 25, 1856 | July 28, 1941 | section D, row 12 | Mother" | this is a repeat marker | |||||
| Rinehart | Elija | Nov 19, 1849 | April 20, 1921 | section D, row 12 | Father" | this is a repeat marker. First name spelled without the 'H' at the end | |||||
| Rinehart | Perry | W | Apr 7, 1889 | Apr 3, 1965 | Information taken from 1998 survey* | ||||||
| Rinehart | Willis | A | Nov 27, 1884 | May 11, 1959 | Information taken from 1998 survey* | ||||||
| Roberts | Trevor | P | 1966 | 1985 | section D, row 19 | s/o Rolinda G Johnson. Died in an automobile/train accident. | |||||
| Robison | Herschel | W | Dec 3, 1920 | Nov 28, 2000 | section E, row 2 | Married Jan 22, 1950" | h/o Luella Fulks | ||||
| Robison | Luella | Fulks | May 25, 1931 | no date | section E, row 2 | Married Jan 22, 1950" | w/o Herschel W. Robison | ||||
| Robison | Herschel | W | Dec 3, 1920 | Nov 28, 2000 | section E, row 2 | S2 US Navy World War II" | veteran marker | ||||
| Ross | Robert | S | Nov 29, 1925 | Dec 11, 1971 | section A, row 14 | Illinois MOMM 2 USNR World War II. Eleanor Read Ross Hayes August 31, 1926; Married Orbert Ross August 14, 1949; Married Robert Hayes January 1, 1973; Children: Mary K.. Ross Cook, Dorothy Ann Ross Lauber. | This is a veteran marker with a large flat/laying on the ground marker listing the name of Eleanor, her spouses and the Ross children. This is a very unique marker. | ||||
| Ross | Marjorie | J | 1910 | 19 (date not completed) | section D, row 18 | w/o John C | |||||
| Ross | John | C | 1900 | 1944 | section D, row 18 | h/o Marjorie J |